Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle said creating a cabinet-level agriculture department would force the state to focus ...

Under an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the new department will start July 1 unless voted down by legislators.

The 10 people killed in the crash of a Bering Air flight in Western Alaska last week included a group of engineers from the ...

Senator Shelley Hughes is hosting a food security workshop in Palmer to encourage food independence. The event will feature ...

Four Alaska school districts were named in a lawsuit alleging public school funding for correspondence programs is being used ...

Inside a chilly enclosure, a 7-year-old peregrine falcon named Breland plucked at a frozen rat carcass with her beak, tearing off patches of fur and flesh with ...

The plaintiffs challenge homeschoolers’ use of state funding for tuition at private and religious schools and seek to add the ...

A Cherry Hill elementary school and two schools in the suburbs of Kansas City are pitted against each other to see who can collect the most canned goods. Ryan Hughes reports.

Stoltze's professional experience includes serving on the Board of Directors of Chugiak Senior Housing, administrative assistant to the Alaska State Senate President from 2001 to 2002 and legislative ...

David Wilson lives in Alaska. He earned degrees in education and psychology as well as an M.B.A. His career experience includes teaching throughout Alaska in rural communities and providing technical ...

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.